Air Evac Services, Inc. Receives Full CAMTS Accreditation.Business EditorsPHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2000 Officials of Air Evac Air Evac is a Medevac operator that provides services across Arizona. Mainly a helicopter user, Air Evac also uses a handful of small airplanes for emergencies. The airline is a daily flight operator from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Services, Inc. announced that the Phoenix, Arizona-based company has received full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) (pronounced cames), is an independent, non-profit agency which audits and accredits fixed-wing and rotary wing air medical transport services as well as ground inter-facility critical care services in the (CAMTS CAMTS Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems ). The international accreditation process, developed exclusively by and for air medical and critical care ground services, focuses on quality of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Accreditation is granted after an in-depth review by commission representatives. "Our company and its personnel voluntarily underwent the intense audit by CAMTS as a way of documenting the high level of patient care we offer in air medical and ground transports," said Tom Smith, Director of Air Evac Services, Inc. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleum Helicopters Inc., Air Evac Services, Inc. offers helicopter, ground, commercial medical escort, and fixed wing services for critically ill and injured patients. Highly sophisticated critical care RN/Paramedic and specialty care RN/Respiratory Therapist teams provide in-flight patient care. The Air Evac fleet, which offers patient transport within Arizona, the continental US, Canada and Mexico, includes American Eurocopter American Eurocopter is a subsidiary of EADS North America, the United States subsidiary of EADS. American Eurocopter manufactures and markets a broad range of civil helicopters, and as of 2005 had almost a 50% share of the American market. AS 350 B3's, BK 117, and BO-105 helicopter ambulances and three conquest 441 fixed wing aircraft. PHI phi n. Symbol  The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.PHI, n See health information, protected. provides helicopter transportation and related services worldwide to a broad range of customers including the oil and gas industry and air medical programs. PHI Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on SmallCap Market (Symbols PHEL and PHELK). |
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